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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1911- mum Nov. 2?, 19172.

IIARVE R. CHUBBIC,

0F BELOIT, KANSAS, ASSIGNOB. TO TI-IE BOYE NEEDLE COMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pgmtggmtigdl NGV, 2317, 191'?,

Application filed. February 2, 1917. Serial No. 146,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARvn R. CHUBBIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beloit, in the county of Mitchell and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in I-lasps, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates particularly to hasps adapted for use in connection with barn-doors and the like; and the primary object is to provide a hasp which may be used in connection with a pad-lock and which is secured against removal.

The invention is illustrated in Vits preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a broken elevational view of a door equipped with the improved hasp; Fig. 2 represents a similar view, with the latch raised; Fig. 3, a horizontal sectional view taken as indicated at line of Fig. 2; Fig. 4E, a broken vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line l of Fig. 1; Fig. `5, a broken vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 a broken vertical section taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 1.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a door-trame; B, a door; and C, 'the improved hasp.

ylhe device C comprises, in the form illustrated, a base-plate, or mounting, 1, which is adapted to be securely fastened to the door; a hasp, or latch-member, 2, which is pivotally connected with the mounting 1, by means of a rivet 3; and a keeper 4 which is rigidly secured to the 'door-frame.

The mounting-plate 1 is secured to the door B by means of screws 1a, the heads of which are concealed or covered by the member 2, when the device is in locked position.

The keeper 4t is secured to the frame A by screws 4a, whose heads are covered by the tree end of the member 2 when the hasp is in the locked condition.

The mounting 1 comprises an elongated metal plate which is provided, at the end which is adjacent the vertical edge of the door, with a vertical guide 1", which is formed by bending the metal of the member 1 outwardly and backwardly toward the rivet 3, as will be understood Jfrom Figs. 2 and 3. The outwardly turned or web por tion of the guide 1b is recessed to aord a shoulder 5, which is adapted to serve as a stop or rest tor the member 2.

The member 2 is an elongated sheeametal member, one end of which is connected with the pivot 3, and the other-end of which is cut away, as indicated at 6, thus providing a portion 6a which is adapted to work in the guide 1b. The member 2 is provided with an extension which aii'ords a latch-portion 2a, adapted to interlock with the keeper et. The latch-portion 2a is provided with latching shoulders 2b, which are adapted to engage notches, or recesses il, with which the keeper l is provided. The latch-head 2a is further equipped with a pad-lock loop 2 which corresponds with and is adapted to rest upon a padwlock loop le with which the keeper l is equipped. The loops 2c and le are provided by severing the metal and striking it outwardly. The loops preferably incline downwardly and outwardly, as appears from Fig. 1l. The latch-head .2a is 'further provided with a depending lip 2d, which is located between the latching shoulders 2b, beneath which the member 2d depends. The member 2d is curved outwardly somewhat, as appears from Fig. l. It is thus adapted to serve as a cam which will ride over the lower loop 4e, when the door is swung to the closed position. The member 21 will further serve as an auxiliary catch, which will engage the loop 4C, and thus hold the dOor closed, even though the latching shoulders 2b should :tail to engage the latching recesses Lil of the keeper.

When the device is in the latched position, it may be secured by passing a pad-lock through the eyes, or loops, 2c and 4c o't the hasp and its keeper.

The member 2 is equipped with a lingerpiece 7, formed by partially severing a portion ot the metal and bending it outwardly. This leaves the member 2 provided with a perforation 8 which is adapted to register with -a perforation 8a in the member 1 and a perforation 8b in the door B. It is possible to insert an instrument through these periorations from the inside of the door, and thus litt the latch.

It will be understood 'from the foregoing that when the door is swung shut, the latchmember 2, which normally is supported in the guide 1b, will be automatically raised, as the cam-finger .2r1 rides over the inclined perorate ear, or loop, 4 of the keeper. When latching the door is loosely shut, the projection 2d will engage the loop 4c and prevent the door from swinging open. When the door is 'wholly shut, the shoulders 2b of the latchhead will engage the slots, or recesses, 4b, of the keeper, as is illustrated in Figs. l, 3 and 6. In this position, the door is close-latched, and a pad-lock-may be applied to the loops 2c and 4C.

rlhe construction described is simple, cheap and thoroughly adapted to its purpose. The device is not liable to get out of order, and will operate with certainty, even though the door should sag somewhat. When the latch-member is secured in the position, the attaching screws la and 4'1" are inaccessible, so that the device cannot be removed from the door.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be constructed as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A device of the character set forth, comprising a keeper having an outwardly and downwardly inclined loop with a latchengaging notch at the base thereof, a mounting plate adapted for attachment to a door and equipped with a latch-support, a latchmember pivotally connected with said mounting plate and engaging said latchsupport, said latch-member having a projecting latch-head provided with an outwardly and downwardly inclined pad-lock loop adapted to overlie said first-named loop and provided also with a latch-portion adapted to engage said notch, said latchportion having an inclined extension adapted to serve as a cam for lifting the latchmember and adapted to serve also as an auX- iliary latch-portion when the door is looselyA and with an outwardly and downwardly inclined loop portion.

3. A device of the character set forth,

comprising a keeper provided with an out- Y wardly and downwardly inclined loop having a latch-engaging notch at its base, and a pivotally supported latch-member having a latch-head adapted to engage said notch and a cam projection adapted to engage said loop, said latch-head having also a loop adapted to overlie said first-named loop.

4i. A device of the character set forth comprising a keeper-plate having the metal incised and bent tion, thus affording a loop, a latch-engaging notch being provided at the base of said loop; a mounting-plate; and a latch-plate pivotally connected with said mountingplate, said latch-plate comprising a sheetmetal member having a projecting latchhead with the metal thereof incised and bent outwardly at the lower portion, thus affording a loop adapted to overlie said first-mentioned loop, said latch-head having a portion adapted toV engage said notch and .having outwardly at its lower poralso a cam and auxiliary latch-portion back Y of the loop which is adapted to engage said first-mentioned loop. HARVE R. CHUBBIC.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

